Lakhimpur Kheri violence: 2 more held for lynching

Lakhimpur Kehri, (UP), Nov 3

The UP police SIT investigating the Lakhimpur Kheri violence leading to the death of eight persons, including four farmers, on Wednesday arrested two more men for their alleged roles in killing four others.

Identified as Bichaila Farm resident Ranjit Singh and Naurangabad Farm resident Avtar Singh alias Nikku, the two were arrested for allegedly lynching two BJP workers, a driver and a local journalist after the death of four farmers, allegedly run over by an SUV in the BJP supporters’ convoy on October 3.

The two were arrested under a second FIR registered in the Tikonia police station of the district over the lynching. Numbering 220/2021, the second FIR was registered under Sections 147, 323, 324, 336 and 302 of the IPC, the district Crime Branch said in a press release. — PTI